Happy Valley AA

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Happy Valley
Full name	Happy Valley Athletic Association
Nickname(s)	HVAA
Founded	1950
Ground	None
Chairman	Pui Kwan Kay
Head Coach	vacant
League	Hong Kong First Division
2007–08	First Division, 4th
Home colours 　 Away colours

Happy Valley Athletic Association (traditional Chinese: 愉園體育會) is a Hong Kong football club. They currently play in the Hong Kong First Division League. The club is also known simply as Happy Valley (or HVAA).

In the 2005-06 season, Happy Valley won the Hong Kong First Division League, losing just one match. The League title is Happy Valley's fourth in eight seasons.

Contents 1 Honours 2 Performance in AFC Competitions 3 Kit sponsors and manufacturers 4 Current first team squad 4.1 Captains 4.2 Players out on loan 4.3 Squad changes during 2007-08 season 5 Notable former players 6 Coaches 7 2006-07 Season 8 2005-06 Season 9 External links

[edit] Honours

Major trophies are listed below.

• Hong Kong First Division League
  • Winners (6): 1964-65, 1988-89, 1998-99, 2000-01, 2002-03, 2005-06
  • Runners-up (16): 1959-60, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1963-64, 1965-66, 1974-75, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-70, 1981-82, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1990-91, 1999-00, 2001-02, 2004-05

• Hong Kong League Cup
  • Winners (1): 2000-01
  • Finalists (5): 2002-03, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07

• Hong Kong Senior Shield
  • Winners (6): 1969-70, 1977-78, 1982-83, 1989-90, 1997-98, 2003-04
  • Finalists (9): 1966-67, 1983-84, 1984-85, 1987-88, 1994-95, 1999-00, 2002-03, 2004-05, 2005-06

• Hong Kong FA Cup
  • Winners (2): 1999-00, 2003-04
  • Finalists (4): 1986-87, 1993-94, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07

• Cité de Louvre Cup
  • Winners (1): 2005-06

• Asian Cup Winners' Cup
  • Quarter-finalists (1): 1998-99

[edit] Performance in AFC Competitions

• Asian Club Championship: 2 appearances

2000: First Round

2002: Second Round

• AFC Cup: 4 appearances

2004: Group Stage

2005: Group Stage

2006: Group Stage

2007: Group Stage

• AFC Cup Winners Cup: 2 appearances

1998/99: Quarter-Final

2000/01: Second Round

[edit] Kit sponsors and manufacturers

Period	Kit Manufacturer	Kit Sponsor
1998-99	ASICS	Peninsula Knitters
1999-00	Super X
2000-01	Lotto	Tsingtao Beer
2001-02	Puma
2002-03	A-line	Easyknit Group and Alliance Engineering
2003-present	Puma

[edit] Current first team squad

As of February 29, 2008. Players in BOLD have international caps.

No. Position Player 1 GK Fan Chun Yip 3 DF Gerard Ambassa Guy 4 DF Li Xin 5 DF Marcos 6 DF Dênisson 7 FW Law Chun Bong 8 MF Cheung Sai Ho 9 FW Tomy 11 FW Washington 12 MF Vandré Monteiro 13 FW Sham Kwok Keung

No. Position Player 14 FW Chao Pengfei 15 MF Diego Carioca 16 MF Leung Chun Pong 17 GK Fábio Noronha de Oliveira 18 DF Cheung Tsz Kin 19 MF Fagner Gomes 20 DF Poon Yiu Cheuk 22 GK Leung Cheuk Cheung 23 FW Godfred Karikari 24 MF Poon Man Tik 26 MF Li Ming

[edit] Captains

• Gerard Ambassa Guy
• Cheung Sai Ho
• Poon Yiu Cheuk

[edit] Players out on loan

No. Position Player -- DF Sham Kwok Fai (at Citizen) -- MF Leung Tsz Chun (at Eastern) -- MF Tong Kin Man (at Eastern) -- MF So Yiu Man (at Eastern)

[edit] Squad changes during 2007-08 season

In:

• Cheung Tsz Kin - from Kitchee
• Ma Shui - from Dalian Shide
• Chao Pengfei - from Citizen
• So Yiu Man - from Citizen
• Leung Tsz Chun - from Rangers
• Zhou Mingle - Signed
• Leung Chun Pong - from Citizen
• Jordan Nascimento de Araújo - Signed
• Diego Frambach Mendonça - Signed
• Tomy Adriano Giacomeli - Signed
• Washington Luiz Pereira Santos - Signed
• Fagner Gomes dos Santos - Signed
• Li Xin - Signed
• Fábio Noronha de Oliveira - Signed
• Godfred Karikari - from Bulova Rangers

Out:

• Feng Jizhi - Released
• Sui Weijie - Released
• Juninho Petrolina - to South China
• Lee Wai Man - Retired
• Lee Sze Ming - to Convoy Sun Hei
• Sham Kwok Fai - to Citizen, loan
• Leung Tsz Chun - to Eastern, loan
• Tong Kin Man - to Eastern, loan
• Fábio Lopes - to Eastern
• Evanor - to Eastern
• Jordan Nascimento de Araújo - Released
• Ma Shui - Released
• Zhou Mingle - Released

[edit] Notable former players

Players in BOLD have international caps.

Hong Kong Gerard Guy Ambassa Lawrence Akandu Chan Hung Ping Chan Sai Kau Cheng Siu Chung Choi Yuk Yu Barnes Colly Ezeh Feng Jizhi Fung Chi Ming] Kwok Yue Hung Lai Kai Cheuk Lai Sun Cheung Lee Sze Ming Lee Wai Man Leung Nang Yan Lo Kai Wah Leung Sui Wing John Moore

Bosnia and Herzegovina Alen Bajkusa Brazil Ailton Grigorio de Araújo Clodoaldo de Oliveira Evanor Fábio Lopes Alcântara Fabrício Lopes Alcântara Juninho Petrolina Márcio Gabriel Anacleto José Ricardo Rambo Tomy Adriano Giacomeli Vitor Hugo Manique de Jesus Bulgaria Dimitre Kalkanov Cameroon Batoum Roger

England Peter Guthrie Martin Kuhl Craig Maskell Michael Midwood Alan Waddle Indonesia Rochy Putiray Nigeria Victor Shaka Scotland Ian McCall Gary McGinnis Paul Ritchie Slovakia Martin Jancula St Kitts and Nevis Keith Gumbs Wales Tony Pulis

[edit] Coaches

• Chan Hung Ping (-2005)
• Wong Yiu Shun (2005-06)
• José Ricardo Rambo (2006)
• Lo Kai Wah (2006-07, caretaker)
• Chan Hung Ping (2007-present)

[edit] 2006-07 Season

• Hong Kong First Division League: 6th (Details)
• HKFA Choi Fung Hong Senior Shield: Quarter Final (Details)
• Hong Kong League Cup: 1st Runner-up (Details)
• Hong Kong FA Cup: 1st Runner-up (Details)

[edit] 2005-06 Season

• Coolpoint Ventilation First Division Football League: Champion
• Hong Kong League Cup: 1st Runners-up
• Hong Kong Senior Shield: 1st Runners-up
• LANWA International FA Cup: 1st Runners-up

[edit] External links

• HVAAFC.COM Official website
• Happy Valley at HKFA.com
• Happy Valley at the-AFC.com

AFC Cup 2007 v • d • e
Champion Shabab Al-Ordun Runner-up Al-Faisaly Eliminated in the Semifinals Al-Wihdat | Nejmeh Eliminated in the Quarterfinals Convoy Sun Hei | Mahindra United | SAFFC | Tampines Rovers Eliminated in Group Stage Al-Ansar | Al-Helal Hodedah | Al-Muharraq | Al-Saqr | Dhofar | Happy Valley | Hoa Phat Hanoi | Mohun Bagan AC | HTTU | Muscat | Nebitchi | Negeri Sembilan | New Radiant | Osotspa M-150 | Pahang | Victory SC
Hong Kong First Division League 2007-08 v • d • e
Bulova Rangers | Citizen | Convoy Sun Hei | Eastern | Happy Valley Kitchee | Lanwa Redbull | South China | Wofoo Tai Po | Workable
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